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Decommissioning/moving checklist

Notify ORS prior to moving (Radiation Safety (414) 955-4347); submit amendment (DOC) for move authorization if appropriate.

Please provide the following information:

  • Name, lab location, date of move/departure;
  • Identify which items / equipment are to be moved / disposed;
  • Package all radioactive waste for proper disposal;
  • Perform a final contamination survey of all areas in lab (hot and cold zones); submit to Radiation Safety;
  • Schedule with Radiation Safety for inspection and removal of signs and tags.
  • Radioactive materials transported on-campus should be packaged with secondary containment in the event of a spill.
  • If any radioactive material is to be moved off-campus, contact Radiation Safety for shipping requirements.

Closing out research studies
New laboratory checklist
  • Submit an amendment form (DOC) to ORS with a sketch of the new laboratory location, including all radioactive use, storage, and waste disposal areas with contamination survey locations; submit to Radiation Safety; to ORS with a sketch of the new laboratory location, including all radioactive use, storage, and waste disposal areas with contamination survey locations; submit to Radiation Safety; (DOC) to ORS with a sketch of the new laboratory location, including all radioactive use, storage, and waste disposal areas with contamination survey locations; submit to Radiation Safety; to ORS with a sketch of the new laboratory location, including all radioactive use, storage, and waste disposal areas with contamination survey locations; submit to Radiation Safety;
  • Schedule with Radiation Safety for signs, tags and restricted area tape.

Hazardous materials

Contact ӰԺ Environmental Health and Safety at least 2 weeks before moving. Please provide the following information: Name, lab location, move destination (if applicable), date of move/departure.

ӰԺ Environmental Health and Safety Office telephone number: (414) 955-8274


Hazardous material decommissioning checklist
  • Remove all hazardous chemicals/waste;
  • Remove all biologicals/waste;
  • Remove all sharps;
  • Clean all refrigerators, freezers or other lab equipment that will be left behind;
  • Remove all hazard labels from lab area/equipment;
  • Contact Environmental Health & Safety for waste disposal;
  • Re-label any new equipment in the new lab.

  • Contact Us

    24 Hour Emergency Pager (414) 314-1037

    ӰԺ Office

    (414) 955-4347

    Directions to M760 (PDF)

    (Basement, Medical Education Building)

    radsafety@mcw.edu

    Froedtert Office

    (414) 805-6540

    Froedtert Pavilion, L760B

    (Located in the ӰԺ Clinical Trials Administrative Area)